I was at a local bike shop in the city getting my mass-produced common bike serviced for a new pedal bracket and some hipster-looking guy had a bike that looked like the ones farkers have been posting.

I was waiting for my bike to be finished so I was like, "hey nice bike man, what is that frame? carbon fiber?" and he just gives me this look and he's like 'yeah.'

I can understand splurging on nice things that you're into and all, but you'd think you'd be the least bit excited or enthusiastic about it.

It's like he didn't even care about it himself (per the hipster ethos I guess)... it's like even hipsters are tired of themselves.

I imagine him being the victim of this crime and it doesn't bother me at all.

That's why I keep my "Team Elite" carbon fiber bike inside the house. When you live in an area where it cost upwards of twice the cost of some of these newer cars, you gotta insure it. Just ask that guy if it's insured. A 5k personal article floater costs about 60 bucks a year.If they stole one of my other bikes, I'd be upset, but not with the loss of my prized bike. Took, years, thousands of dollars, an pedaling thousands of miles to justify the purchase to my wife. Not like my Dad who thinks having two broken down "Free Spirit" 10 speeds means they're really worth something. Hell, he won't even spring for an innertube.